APNU team empowered to explore all areas in alliance talks with AFC

APNU leader David Granger says the coalition’s team negotiating an electoral alliance with the AFC is empowered to explore all possibilities and with the talks expected to wrap up within four weeks, it would be premature to say what posts would be allocated to which party if an alliance is cemented.

“At this point we have not reached the level of discussing appointments. We are looking mainly at bringing an end to the damaging 22-year PPP regime. We are looking at establishing a government of national unity and that is our objective,” Granger told the coalition’s weekly news briefing at the Office of the Leader of the Opposition yesterday.

Asked whether APNU would be willing to cede the leadership of any likely alliance to the AFC, Granger said that all possibilities are open and it would be premature to pronounce on the matter. “APNU has empowered its negotiating team to explore all possibilities that could lead to a pre-elections coalition and it would be premature for me to